Aaron and composer Byron Au Yong are 2009-2010 Artists-in-Residence at the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU to develop STUCK ELEVATOR – including readings at the Museum of Chinese in America (September) and Pearl Studios (November).
Oregon Shakespeare Festival mixes Shakespeare with hip hop theatre artists Rokafella, Rickerby Hinds, the Q brothers, Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Audra Polk, Christopher Edwards, and Aaron at their Mixing Texts workshop in October.
The Old Globe presents a reading of Aaron and composer Ian Williams’ new hip hop musical BLOOD MAGIC (formerly THE WEIRD SISTERS), thanks to a 2009 National Alliance for Musical Theatre Development Grant.
STUCK ELEVATOR excerpts performed at Hand2Mouth’s Risk/Reward New Performance Festival (Portland, OR) and On the Boards’ NW New Works Festival (Seattle) in June.
ReVision Theatre’s production of KINGDOM (Asbury Park, NJ) named Best Musical, Best Book of 2008-09 by Newark Star-Ledger.
World Premiere of KINGDOM – Aaron and Ian Williams’ hip hop / rock musical – at the Tony Award-winning Old Globe in San Diego. KINGDOM is also performed for student and community audiences at Lincoln High School in southeastern San Diego as the centerpiece of a residency in which students work with Aaron to create hip hop theatre connecting the themes of KINGDOM to their community. http://www.theoldglobe.org/tickets/production.aspx?PID=7095.
"[Kingdom] dramatically denounces street violence even as it demonstrates the ability of rap and hip-hop to make successful musical theatre." -BackStage
About Aaron
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2009 in review
Oregon Shakespeare Festival mixes Shakespeare with hip hop theatre artists Rokafella, Rickerby Hinds, the Q brothers, Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Audra Polk, Christopher Edwards, and Aaron at their Mixing Texts workshop in October.
The Old Globe presents a reading of Aaron and composer Ian Williams’ new hip hop musical BLOOD MAGIC (formerly THE WEIRD SISTERS), thanks to a 2009 National Alliance for Musical Theatre Development Grant.
STUCK ELEVATOR excerpts performed at Hand2Mouth’s Risk/Reward New Performance Festival (Portland, OR) and On the Boards’ NW New Works Festival (Seattle) in June.
ReVision Theatre’s production of KINGDOM (Asbury Park, NJ) named Best Musical, Best Book of 2008-09 by Newark Star-Ledger.
World Premiere of KINGDOM – Aaron and Ian Williams’ hip hop / rock musical – at the Tony Award-winning Old Globe in San Diego. KINGDOM is also performed for student and community audiences at Lincoln High School in southeastern San Diego as the centerpiece of a residency in which students work with Aaron to create hip hop theatre connecting the themes of KINGDOM to their community. http://www.theoldglobe.org/tickets/production.aspx?PID=7095.
STUCK ELEVATOR receives a 2009 Creative Capital Award.
Aaron wins the 2009 James Marshall Memorial Poetry Slam at Quinnipiac University.
SHAKESPEARE: THE REMIX produced and toured by the Zachary Scott Theatre (Austin, TX).
Collective Consciousness Theatre in New Haven, CT produces and tours NO LIE and SHAKESPEARE: THE REMIX.